Sr Director, Software Architecture

Role Overview: When you join Accurate Background, you become an integral part of ensuring every hire leads to a success story. Your contributions will play a key role in advancing the background screening experience, providing visibility and insights to empower clients in making smarter, unbiased decisions. Key Responsibilities: - Enterprise Architecture Strategy & Governance: - Report directly to the CIO and serve as the senior-most authority for software architecture. - Define and maintain enterprise software architecture vision, principles, and roadmap aligned with company and product strategy. - Establish guiding principles, reference architectures, design frameworks, and engineering standards for screening platforms. - Own architectural governance, including design reviews, exception management, and technology lifecycle decisions. - Platform & Technology Leadership: - Partner with Engineering leadership to guide system design and architectural decisions. - Define and evolve the technology stack to ensure secure, cloud-native, extensible, and cost-effective solutions. - Lead architectural modernization efforts, including legacy platform evolution and migration to modern architectures. - Ensure architecture supports regulatory, security, privacy, availability, and performance requirements. - Product & Business Partnership: - Collaborate with Product Management to translate product strategy into scalable architectural solutions. - Partner with various business functions to ensure "architecture by design" across all initiatives. - Evaluate architectural tradeoffs to balance speed-to-market with long-term platform health. - Engineering Enablement & Design Leadership: - Provide hands-on architectural leadership for complex initiatives and cross-platform designs. - Define reusable patterns, shared services, and platform capabilities to accelerate delivery. - Mentor and develop architects and senior engineers, building a strong internal architecture community. - Champion engineering excellence, design rigor, and architectural consistency. - Measurement & Continuous Improvement: - Establish architectural health metrics to monitor platform resilience, scalability, technical debt, and security posture. - Stay updated on emerging technologies and industry best practices for platform competitiveness and future readiness. - Drive continuous improvement in architectural maturity across the organization. Qualifications: - Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent. - 12+ years of experience in software engineering and architecture, with expertise in enterprise and platform architecture. - Experience defining and governing architecture for large-scale SaaS or B2B product platforms. - Strong background in modern architectures: cloud-native, microservices, event-driven systems, APIs, and domain-driven design. - Experience in regulated environments with understanding of security, data privacy, and compliance. - Ability to influence and guide engineering organizations without direct line authority. - Excellent communication skills to articulate architectural concepts to technical and executive audiences. - Strategic yet hands-on leader passionate about building sustainable, high-quality software platforms. Company Details: At Accurate, we offer a fun and fast-paced environment with ample room for growth. We are committed to diversity, ensuring a sense of belonging for all based on four guiding principles: Take Ownership, Be Open, Stay Curious, Work as One. We prioritize customer and employee needs, providing comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, and 401k. Note: This JD is open for U.S.-based candidates residing in specific states, and candidates should be cautious of fraudulent job postings or offers misrepresenting Accurate Background. Role Overview: When you join Accurate Background, you become an integral part of ensuring every hire leads to a success story. Your contributions will play a key role in advancing the background screening experience, providing visibility and insights to empower clients in making smarter, unbiased decisions. Key Responsibilities: - Enterprise Architecture Strategy & Governance: - Report directly to the CIO and serve as the senior-most authority for software architecture. - Define and maintain enterprise software architecture vision, principles, and roadmap aligned with company and product strategy. - Establish guiding principles, reference architectures, design frameworks, and engineering standards for screening platforms. - Own architectural governance, including design reviews, exception management, and technology lifecycle decisions. - Platform & Technology Leadership: - Partner with Engineering leadership to guide system design and architectural decisions. - Define and evolve the technology stack to ensure secure, cloud-native, extensible, and cos